A small breakfast shop in the street market, supporting the family and making money

Today we are fishing on the Zhan River. Every household will buy some fish. As a result, the number of fish bubbles increases.

Leng Yan thought about it and did some calculations. Adding the three taels of silver she had just received today, she now had a total of five taels and seven cents of silver.

After she made up her mind, she immediately called her eldest brother and younger siblings.

"Collecting fish bubbles?"

After listening to Leng Yan's explanation of the whole process, the three of them looked puzzled.

"This fish dip is not tasty, it's fishy and hard to chew. Why does my sister want this?"

"Yes, big sister, what use do you have for collecting these fish bubbles?"

The three of them racked their brains but couldn't figure out the reason.

Leng Yan smiled mysteriously and said in an unfathomable way, "Of course it is useful. You will know when the time comes."

As she spoke, she gave each of them more than ten copper coins.

"If someone has more fish, I'll give him two cents. If someone has less, I'll give him one cent. We have to pay for both the goods and the money."

Leng Yan explained in detail. The three people didn't understand why they had to collect the fish bubbles, but they nodded and did as he asked.

They all did it voluntarily, and it was definitely not because Leng Yan promised to buy them candied haws, cakes and meat buns.

The four of them split into two groups, Leng Cang and Leng Qi on one group, and Leng Yan and Leng He on the other.

They carried baskets and went to each household in the village. Leng He took them to Grandma Lin's house first.

When she heard that they wanted to collect fish balls, although Grandma Lin didn't understand why, she generously gave them to them and refused to take any money no matter what.

In the end, Leng Yan and the other man put down two copper coins and ran away, and that was when the deal was considered settled.

"Wow, there are so many fish bubbles at Grandma Lin's!"

Leng He was breathing heavily and looking happily at the more than ten bulging fish bubbles in the basket.

Leng Yan was also very happy and went to the next house excitedly.

"Aunt Li."

The two of them stood outside a fenced yard, and Leng He shouted a few times towards the house.

"Who?"

Li Yuemei opened the curtain and went out of the house, and saw the Leng Yan sisters standing in front of the door.

"Hey, Sister Yan and Sister He, why are you here? Come in and sit down."

Leng Yan didn't know who this Aunt Li was at first, but only recognized her when she saw the person coming.

Aunt Li was the first woman who ran over to support her when she pretended to fall while catching pheasants two days ago.

"Thank you, Auntie. We won't sit down. We are here to collect fish bubbles. I wonder if you have any at home?"

Li Yuemei was also stunned when she heard this, and didn't understand why they wanted this.

Leng Yan only explained the usefulness and didn't say more.

Li Yuemei was not the type to get to the bottom of things, so when she saw that they wanted to know what she wanted, she turned around and took out the fish intestines and fish bubbles that she had just cleaned in the morning in a bucket.

"It just so happens that I haven't cleaned up yet. Everything is here. Take whatever you want."

Fish bubbles are useful, fish viscera can be fermented into fertilizer, and the cold coriander is not picky, just put them all directly into the basket.

Seeing her doing this, Li Yuemei was startled and quickly tried to stop her.

"Oh, it stinks, don't get your clothes dirty, wait a minute, I'll get a piece of oil paper to wrap it."

"No need, auntie. I'm being careful."

Oil paper costs money, and it's a waste to use it to wrap these things.

After the things were packed, Leng Yan signaled Leng He to give the money, but Li Yuemei refused.

"Of course I don't want it. I have nowhere to throw these things. You cleaned them up for me. I can't even thank you enough. How can you ask for money?"

Leng Yan insisted on giving it and was about to put down the coin and run away when a sarcastic voice came from next door to Li Yuemei's house.

"He is so poor that he is pretending to be generous. He goes to people's houses to ask for fish that no one wants to eat, and even pretends to give money.

This is ridiculous. If you are so rich, why don't you go buy some fat meat? Why are you pretending to be so arrogant? "

The voice sounded familiar. Leng Yan looked up and saw that it was Han lying on the fence, looking towards Li Yuemei's house.

The two families were neighbors, and it was estimated that from the moment the Leng Yan sisters entered the house, the Han family next door had been eavesdropping.

It hadn't been long since the last broken engagement, and Han was making trouble again. Leng Yan was itching to do something, so she was about to go forward with a smile.

When Han saw her malicious eyes, she suddenly remembered the last time Leng Yan grabbed her collar and threw her out the door, causing her butt to be broken into pieces.

She immediately fell silent, and ran back to the house in shame with her tail between her legs. However, she was thinking in her heart that when her son came back, she would make a good fuss about him and make his family suffer.

"Pooh!"

Seeing the person running away, Leng Yan spat, turned around and exchanged a few polite words with Li Yuemei, then left two copper coins and left with his things.

After a busy afternoon, all the fish in the village were finally harvested.

The fish entrails were mixed with wood ash and piled in the corner to ferment, while the fish soaked in cold water was weighed and found to weigh a total of twenty-one pounds.

"Yan girl, how do we clean this up?"

Looking at the several large pots of fish bubbles, Leng Su felt a little worried.

She knew that this must be useful to Leng Yan, so she came over to help, but she didn't know where to start.

"Very simple."

Having collected so much, it seems I will have to work overtime tonight, Leng Yan chuckled.

As she spoke, she demonstrated by washing away the blood from the fish bubbles in the basin, and then using a stick to poke holes in the fish bubbles and let out the air.

Finally, tear off the inner membrane one by one, leaving the outermost layer of white glue.

The 21-pound fish blister was only a little over 7 pounds left after all the weight was pulled out.

Afterwards, Leng Yan luxuriously added some flour and rice wine to wash it over and over again.

It is best to remove odor, mucus and oil. When the water in the basin becomes clear, you can spread it flat in a dustpan and take it to a ventilated place to dry.

Seeing her busying herself for a whole night before finally packing up everything, the family members couldn't help but become more curious and waited for the finished product to be ready so that they could take a good look at it.

In the blink of an eye, Leng Yan's second batch of silver buds have grown.

Early in the morning, the family began to pack baskets and transport them to the city on a ox cart.

"It's been five or six days since the last time. I don't know how the silver sprouts are selling in Xianju Pavilion."

Leng Huai was still a little uneasy as he walked towards Xianju Pavilion carrying the basket on his back.

Although he signed the contract last time, he was still worried that such expensive silver buds could not be sold.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived at the back alley of Xianju Pavilion, these doubts were dispelled.

"Hey, Mr. Leng and Miss Leng, you are finally here!"

Qingxi had been waiting in the back alley for several days, looking forward to their arrival every day.

Ever since Yin Ya started selling new products at Xianju Pavilion and became famous, business has been getting better day by day.

Originally, their business was not as good as Tianxianglou's, and they were even squeezed out and in a very bad state, and were on the verge of going out of business. Now they can finally feel proud.

When the Leng family greeted him, Qingxi's eyes could not hide his happiness.

“You don’t know, ever since our family launched our new Silver Bud delicacy, it has been extremely popular.

And this Tianxianglou is secretly trying to poach our chef with a high price, but they don't know that in order to guard against his trick, the origin and cooking method of the silver sprouts are all in the hands of Chef Yang.

No matter how many chefs he recruited, it would be useless. This time it was really a satisfying experience.

In the past, Tianxianglou had poached many chefs from Xianju Pavilion and opposed us in every way. Now it’s time for them to experience what it feels like to be unable to swallow food.”

Qingxi talked a lot, and with an intimate and polite attitude, he invited them into the restaurant.